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File A g 25.1921 6 Sheets-Sheet 6 4 Patented May 11, 1926 UNITED STATES v ast-en PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER HAHNEMANN,'OF KITZEBERG, NEAR KIEL, ALARD DU BOIS-REYMOND, OF PLON, NEAR KIEL, ERICK ROTHER, WILHELM RUDOLPH, AND GUSTAV WOLFE, OF KIEL, GERMANY, ASSIGNORS TO THE FIRM SIGNAL GESELLSCHAF'I M. B. 11., OF

KIEL, WEEK RAVENSBERG, GERMANY.

rtn'rnon 0F TESTING MATERIALS.

Application filed August 23, 1921. Serial No. 494,575.

The method of testing material, particularly metal, has hitherto chietly consisted in causing trial pieces of a certain shape, especially rods, to be torn or twisted by longitudiual or torsional stresses, and in determining the alterations of their lengths and the stresses at their snapping points or their resistance to torsion. The stresses imposed on the material were generally purely stati cal and the machines required were expensive and bulky.

In accordance with this invention the statical method is substituted by a dynamical one and at the same time it provides special conditions for the latter. An important feature of the invention consists in the materialto be tested being adequately shaped and connected, in the form of elastic members, or of parts of such members, between bodies or masses designed to execute Vibrations, and in causing the vibratory structure thus formed to carry out vibrations by exciting it by mechanical or electrical means. The exciting force shouhl be. as nearly as possible in resonance with the vibratory structure which should have a pronouncial natural rate of vibration. It this were not the. case the number of reversals of the stresses could only be increased to an int-,onsiderable degree. and besides the operation of determining the magnitudes of the stresses imposed on the material would be comparatively trmiblesome and unreliable.

\Vith the novel method of testing, the operation of measuring the stresses to which the materials are subjected is very simple. The effect exerted on the material is defined by the magnitude of the moving mass engaging with the trial or tested'piece, the amplitude of this mass and its rate of vibration. Furthermore the pointat which a change of the elastic properties of the trial piece commences may be readily recognized on account cl the fact that the natural rate of vibration of the vibratory structure made up of the v brating masses and the trial piece alters at the said point. A highly accurate determination of the said material, even it the rate of vibration is very high, can easily be made by known methods.

The kind of stress applied (dynamic instead of statical) is particularly adapted for the testing of materials destined to be sub- ;lected to dynamical stresses iii-practical use. By varying the. periodicity between Wide l mits the cmiditious under which the material is tested can be made to very closely approximate the actual service conditions. .lhis applies particularly to material to be used for the construction of machines and air craft. The necessary measurements of periodicities, amplitudes of oscillation, etc, .may also all be carried out with the aid of which may be employed in all cases consists.

in connecting the vibrating parts to a measuring arrangement based on the principle of the telcphone or some other electromiignetic principle. materials enables very accurate and cheap tests to be made. such as the following: In the first place, trial pieces or bodies may be made from the material that is to he used for the particular purpose in view and by stretching these pieces to limit of their elasticity a. criterion as to whether they possess the required properties may be obtained. If the material is found to meet the require ments the products are made from it and when they are completed they may be again Sub ected to a similar test. A test of this kind takes very little time and will furnish the prootas to whether or not the finished product will. really meet service conditions.

This process of dynamically testing each individual piece of work has hitherto been impracticable on account of the time and costs that a test that really corresponded to serv- The novel method of testing" ice conditions would have consumed. but no longer presents any diflicultics when a testing machine constructed in accordance with the invention is used, because, at a frequency of 1000 per second the vibratory structure in the same permits of the material being of the vibrations can be calculated and the stress on the material can be directly determined.

The procedure in carrying out such tests will generally be such that the material to be tested is not subjected beforehand to any tension or pressure. in other words the rscillatory stresses to which the material is subjected will give rise to alternate tension and compression or to tivistings the tested piece. If it is a question of sulnectmg material only to tension, compression or unidirectional torsional stresses the piece of material to be tested is subjected beforehand, in accordance with the invention. to a statical tension or pressure by which the compressional, expansional or torsional phase of the oscillation is eliminated. The statical tensional or compressional effect on the tested body may be produced by electromagnetic or hydraulic means or by spring-power or gravity. The simplest manner of producing this effect is to make one of the vibrating masses of which the vibratory structure formed sufficiently large and to suspend this mass from the other mass by means of a stem or rod consisting of the material to be tested.

The measurements and tests for determining the torsion to which the tested material is subjected may be carried out in the 'fol lowing manner: rod-shaped body consistin; of the material to be tested is fixed at its one end. The other end provided with a mass adapted to be acted upon by a force of any desired kind by which a torsional effect on the rod is produced. This force may be generated by an electromagnet or by some mechanical means giving rise to friction, or a blowing effect. or the like.

In the case of large and ong finished parts. such as shafts which are to be subjected to torsion. the amount of twist that has to be applied to the entire body to be tested before the point at which deformation takes place is reached, would involve vibrations of excessive amplitude, which would have the subsidiary effect of reducing the periodicity. In such cases the tests may be carried out in the following manner. The shaft to be tested is suspended or fixed at the middle and its two ends are loaded with masses. Torsional forces are then applied to the two mass-es which act in a difference of phase of 180. A nodal point will thus be caused to arise at the point of? s1ispensio so that the torsional stress on the shaft i be twice as great if only one said force we; applied to a shaft of the same length. the length of the shaft is such that the iitlhllilpi of the same could only be carried ut very la rg e apparatus the necessity for us]. a very large apparatus may be obviated l y testing the shaft in sections each of whi h only requires an apparatus of the availab a size. In proccedin in this manner ti "1 masses or weights are attached to the once of the particular section to be tested and. torsional forces are made to act upon the sections in the manner descrilaal above. torsion of the sha it that occurs under service conditions can easily be obtaim-d b sumuuztion of the individual angles of twist or of the amplitude multiplied by a corresponding constant. In employing this m thod h is neccs-i-::n'y in dctcrminin; the results of the measurements to make allowance in each case of the protruding section of the sha i'i. llxj in most cases the masses will be nu. o great that. the mass of the shaft will be ncgligil'ile in comparison with the tinua of the said masses.

If a body that is made from the mater to be tested is used as the only elastic member of the vibratory structure the elastic properties of this body will result in tin: testing of the same being limited to a c r-- tain extent. A. further feature of the in vention consists in a means for obtain vibrations wh ch are indepcndcul of the el ticity of the trial piece so as to enable this is acconliilishcd i Li less tests to be made.

by connecting the piece to be lt l0 l in paallel with the vibratory system of the testing apparatus. Such s v1-:tcmscon.-ist of two masses connected by an elastic member in such a way that the system has a pronoun e natural rate of vilnation. The trial piti' r is comwcted between the two lli:l-':- i. in parallel with the elastic member of whic the ap 'mratus normally consists and the tli" mensions of the rod to be tested are m: I such that its total elastic four is small compared to that of the vibratory system. be whole system is excited in a suitable manner, as by an electro magnet sup lied with an alternating current, and the 'frcrpiem-y of the exciting for e is made e ual to the nainral rate of vibration of the vibratory system. The elastic properties of the piece can then be detcrmincd from the re suiting frerpicm-y of resonance as compared With the frequency that obtains \rhcii no trial piece is inserted in the apparal and from the known dimen ions of the tr 1 piece. The forces c. .crted may he dirt-viii ascertained from an indication of the chu trical energy consumed.

By coi'mecting the trial rod in par-all.

t l t with the elastic member of the apparatus the disadvantage arises that the distance between the ends of the rod to be tested is tixed once and for all on account of the tixed distance between the two masses in the apparatus, so that the rod is bent as a result of the expansion caused by the stresses. As a consequence of this, the. strain on the elasticity of the trial or sample rod no longer acts in a longitudinal direction only, but shearing and bending et l ccts, and in fact all manner of lateral stresses occur.

These ditliculties are overcome by another feature of the invention which consists in connecting the san'rple rod to a complete vibratory structure on the one hand, and to a pondcrous, inert mass on the other hand, the said vibratory structure consisting of vibrating masses interconnected by an elastic member, and the weight of the said inert mass being taken up by a statical force which does not atl'ect the vibrations of the vibratory structure but relieves the sample rod of the weight of the inert mass. The inert mass may be connected to the vibrating structure proper in such a way that its weight does not afl'ect this structure or the sample rod. By inert. we mean inert to the vibratii'ins of the vibratory structure.

In practice the construction of the vibratory structure is preferably such that the one of its two masses that not joined to the sample or trial-rod is large in compari son with the second mass. The large mass then remains practically motionless when the vibratory structure. is in vibration. while the smaller mass, which will hereinafter be called the vibrating or live mass executes vibrations. The sample rod. whose one end is connected to the live mass of the vibratory structure, has its other end connected to the ponder-nus mass which remains practically motionless during vibrations of the said structure but which is adapted to be shifted bodily in the direction of the 1011- gitudinal vibrations of the vibrating system when the length oi the sample rod is altered by static forces. The result achieved by .such an arrangement is that the sample rod is only sul'ijccted to stresses caused by vibrations, viz by the vibration of the live mass. but is not atlccted by statical stresses. The force which supports the inert mass is preferably supplied by a spring by which the mass' is suspended from the vibration structure, or the said force may be exerted by some other special sup porting device.

in the above dcscribcd cases in which the sample body or rod to be tested is placed between a vibratory structure on the one hand and a special mass on the other hand, the sample rod acts as a part of the elastic member of the appa -atus. The special mass lie trated in the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic vertical section of a device in which the body or rod to be tested forms the elastic member of a vibratory structure, the rod havin a live weight attached to its bottom end;

Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic vertical section of modification of Fig. l, he rod having two live weights or masses at its ends;

Fig. 3 is a vertical section and Fig. 4 a sectional plan view of a device which is adapted to apply torsional stresses to the rod under test by means of two adjac nt-coils supplied with alternating currents diti'oring in phase by 90";

Fig. 5 shows the circuit arrangements associated with the coils of Fig. l:

Fig. (l is a diagrammatic re irescntation of a device adapted to apply to a rod two oscillatory torsional etl'ccts whose phases are displaced with respect to each other by lull, i. e. the etl'ects at both ends of the rod always act in opposite rotary directions;

Fig. 7 illustrates the hercinhctore-mentioncd method of testing bodies or rods, section by section:

Fig. 8 is a diagrammatic vertical section of a resonance i'mltcrial tester in accordance with the invention and Fig. 9 an enlarged cross section oi the field magnets of Fig. 8;

Fig. 10 shows a. manner of obtaining torsional effects by the apparatus of l ig t and 9;

Fig. 11 shows a manner oi obtainingbcnding effects by the apparatus of l igs. R and S);

Fig. 12 is a diagramn'iatic elevation of a testing arrangi'nnent in which the rod or body to be tested is connected between the vibratory structure and a separate inert mass;

Fig. 13 is a section of a modilicntion of Fig. 12;

Fig. ll is a section ol another moditi 'ntion of Fig. '12 in which the inert mass is guided in its hmgitudinal movements b a special guide incn'iber. and

Fig. 15 shows another device whose gencral arrangei'i'rcnt corresponds to that ot' big. 12, but which is arranged in a horizontal position and has its inertmass supported on rollers. wheels, balls or the like.

In the apparatus shown in Fig. i the matc- 1am Mo duced in a telephone rial 0r rod to be tested is screwed into a support 4 and secured by a locknut Screwed fast and secured by a locknnt 5 to the bot;- tom end of the rod is an iron weight or 11111552 which acts as the armature of an electromagnet. It is thus seen that the vibrator structure is composed of the pa: ts l and 2, the li\'e" part. 2 being alternately attracted by the electroniagnct (i and retracted by the elasticity of the stretched rod 1 when alternating current is sent. through the coil 7 of the (Electromagnets.

In Fig. :2 an arrangementis shown in which two lived HHSHH, designated as :1 and (3, are lixed to the ends ot the rod 1 to be tested. the direction ol vihration o l the. one mass at any .lHHil'Kilt being the opposit f the vibration of the other mass. All spe ial abutmcnts or supports are done away with. The entire contrirance may be suspended freely or held in any manner that permits ot' unrestrained \ihration of its parts. The armature .5 is lixed to one end of the rod 1 and so shaped that: it almost abuts en the second live mass fi tixcd to the. other end of the rod, this live mass (3 being in the form ot an electron'iagnet provided with an exciting coil 7.

'ith the arrangement of Fig. l a tension ma he applied to the rod 1 beforehand the- 'l'ore the electronlagnct is excited) so that, when the test is made. the rod is subjected to tension only. To accomplish this the weisrht 2 must he made great enough to eliminate the compressional effect that arises when the mas- 2 is pulled back from the electromagnet hy the force of elasticity of the tested rod. Instead. of using a large mass 2 the tension applied het'oreliand may be produced by sending a continuous current ol' suitable strength through the windings ol' the electromagnet (i. The stress applied het'orehand might. if desired. he made to act in an opposite sense, i. c. it might he made to produce a constant compressional etl'ect. This could he accomplislnal by placing the. mass 2 at. the top ol' the rod 1. or by so arrmigimg the electromaa'net that it exerts its pull on the upper sid of the mass 2.

A special feature of the arrai'igcment of Fig: 2 is a measuring device for determining the amplitude of the \"ibrations. 'l'his nn-asurin; device consists of a second small magnetic system attached to the masses 2 and (i and comprising the armature R and the. electronnignet f in whose coil ltl currents are induced when the masses Sand t' rihrate. 'lhcse induced currents are measured h a in -asurin 1: instrument it and their strength forms a basis for determining the amplitudes of the vibrations of 2 and 6. An

acoustical method of determining these am- I F. i phtuues t a.so feasible. this metnod (t)lkltbf' my; in obscuring the loudness of sounds pro 1'\)Lt?l\'01 connected in the place of 11. The utilization ol a separate niagnet system tor these measnremenis as shown for clcarness in Fit. .3, is not till-- perative. lhe masses 2 and t; themselves may be utilized as parts of an clcctromagnet in the induced currents ol' whose windings may form a basis for the. desired nertia-ac merits.

-ln Fig. 3 l is the rod to he test-ad, this rod and the mass 2 forming the vibratory structure which is attached to the. hood t. The rod 1 and the mass 2 are lll'll'l.l lixed to each other. The. mass 2 is subjected to the influence ot an alternating magnetic lield produced by nn enet poles (i, 12, (3 L displaced with respect to each h 90. The alternating iield which may he polarized is: set up by pairs of coils 7, 7' and t i, l3 respectively which are supplied with current from an alternating current generator H in such a manner that the currents flowing thron' ii icig'hhonring coils diti'cr in phase, by 90'". 'lhe noi'mal position ot' the mass oi the ribratoar structure isindicatcd in Fin. -t by solid lines. From the circuit. diagram. Fig. 5, it will he seen that the dill'erence of phase of 90 between the currents in the coils (3. l2. (5. 1:3 is obtained hr inserting a condenser 16 in the one branch and an inductance l5 in the other branch of the supply mains emanating from the alternating current generator 1-1-. I

Fig. ti is a diagrammatic representation of a contrii'ance ol' the alin'emenlioned hind in which two vihratory torsional cliccts acting in opposite direction are applied to the ma terial he tested; The shaft 1. to he tested is suspended at a point 1?. Attached to the ends ol the. shal't are two equal masses 2 and 2 adapted to be moved in opposite directions--as indicated by the arrows hy the tields ol' electromagncts 6, l2, (3, 12. The torsional ctl'ccts at each end change recurrently and rapidly LlIOH'LlllQ one to the other direction as whenever the torsion at one end of the shal't acts in any one direction the torsion at the other will operate in the opposite direction. The magnetic liclds are. ah'o produced in the manner indicated in Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 shows the equipment ttlltil'.l \'(tl tor testing material section by se tion. The shaft 1 to be tested has its one end timed a iH and together with the mass :2 it forms an os illator structure. 'lorsional vilaratimn; of 2 are produced by HHHHH ot' a Illitgl'ncl lichl t the hind described in the preceding ]12ll'2l graphs. 'hcn the one section of the shaft 1 has been tested, the shal't. is shifted longitndinall and another section ol it may then he tested in the same way as the lirst.

ln Figs. Q and 9. which represent a constructional form of a material tester in accordance with the invention. t a llt2l\' rvlindrical body to which a tube 9-1 of large diameter is fixed, the tree end of this thin:

being connected to a central, u wardly extending rod The upper on of the rod bears a second cylindrical mass 2. The mass 2 with its stem 25 resembles a mushroom and the described parts may therefore be called an acoustical nuishromn. On the parts 4 and 2 being caused to move towards each other the tube 24 is expanded and the rod 25 is compressed. lVhen the force causing the said parts 4 and 2 to approach each other is relaxed these parts 4 and 2 fly back into their normal positions. The device as a whole is thus a vibratory structure whose natural rate of vibration depends on the elasticity of the compound connecting stem 24, 25 and on the magnitude of the masses 4 and 2. The elasticity of the stem is proportional, (l) to the coefficient of elasticity of the material of which the stem or elastic connecting member consists, (2) to the cross section of the elements 24 and 25 of the stem, and inversely proportional to the sum of the lengths of 24 and 2 The amplitudes of 4- and 2 are inversely proportional to the magnitudes ofthese masses. By making the mass 2 small in comparison with 4 the amplitude of the vibrations of 4 can be made very small so that the foundation of the device or machine is preferably formed of this part which remains practically motionless when the device is used.

In a vibratory system of this kind the stresses in the elastic connecting member or stem at any prescribed amplitude are proportional to this amplitude and inversely proportional to the length of the compound or simple stem. By selecting a suitable ength it is always possible to keep the stresses to which the stem is subjected under ordinary service conditions well within the limit of proportionality.

A set of electromagnets 26 is arranged between the two masses 4 and 2, the armature common to this set being fixed to the mass 2 and the windings being combined with the mass 4. The size of the air gap between the two masses may be such that, it acts as a safeguard for the machine, in that the two masses or halves of the electromagnet would strike against each other Whenever the machine is excited or caused to vibrate exccssively, excessive expansions of the stem of the machine thus being precluded.

Arranged above the mass' t is a yoke 27, and the piece of material or sample 28 to be tested is fixed between the yoke 27 and the mass 2.

The dimensions of the sample are made such that its total elastic force is small in comparison with the elastic force of the elastic connecting member or compound stem. By this means the natural rate of: vibration of the entire vibratory system is only slightlyincreased by the insertion of the sample, the latter being connected in From the enlarged plan view, Fig. 9, it

will be seen that the set of electron'iagnets comprises four individual field coils of which the two opposite coils 26*, 26" are used for operating the system, i. e. for causing the masses to vibrate, while the two others 26 26 are used for measurlng purposes. Each of the four individual magnets has two coils, a continuous current coil 7 and an alternating current coil 7". The continuous current coils all obtain current from a common source of continuous current and serve to polarize the iron of the magnets.

lhe alternating current coils 7" of the pair of power magnets or operating magnets 26" are supplied with current from an alternating current generator. The magnetizations produced by the alternating current are superimposed on the n'iagnctization due to the continuous current or polarizing coil 7.

The vibrations of the armature cause an alternating potential to be induced in the alternating current coils 7 of the field magnets 26 for measuring purposes, and the said induced potential may be observed in a voltmeter and used as a basis for the determination of the amplitudes of the vibrations executed by the vibratory system of machine.

This testing machine can also be easily arranged for the execution of bending and torsion tests. For torsion tests the sample rod is arranged to extend at right angles to the direction of the motion of the weight 2 and the force exerted by the latter may be applied to a point outside the longitudinal axis of the rod with the aid of an arm fixed to it. As shown in Fig. 10 the horizontally disposed rod 28 to be subjected to torsion may have its one end fixed in the frame 27 and torsional stresses are applied to its other end through an arm attached to the vibrating weight or mass 2.

In Fig. 11 bending stresses are applied to the rod 28 by fixing its two ends in the frame 27 and attaching its middle point to the vibrating mass or weight 2.

The arrangement illustrated in Fig. 12 comprises a vibratory structure consisting of two vibrating masses 2 and 4. joined together by an elastic connecting member or rod 25. An additional, inde )endeut. ponderous. inert mass 30 is provided which is suspended by springs 31, 31 from the mass 2. I is the rod to be tested, and it is connected between the. live mass 4 and the inert mass 30.

In the modified arrangement of Fig. til the vibratory structure also comprises two masses 2 and '1. The elastic. connecting member is made up of a rod and a concentric tube 24. The mass 4 is arranged in the form of an electromagnet and the mass 2 is its armature. The vibratory structure is excited or set vibrating by current supplied from an alternating current generator to the coil 7. The independent inert mass is held by springs 31, 31.

In the further modification of Fig. 12 shown in Fig. lat similar parts have similar signs of reference. The difference from the arrangement of Fig. 15 consists in the independent inert mass 30 being guided at St in order to preclude transverse, oscillations. In the arrangements of liigs. l3 and 14 the rod I to be tested is fixed between the electromagnet or mass 4 and the independent, ponderous, insert mass 30.

In the machine illustrated in Fig. 15 the vibratory structure or system 2. 25, 2'1, 4 is arranged in a horizontal position, and the independent inert mass 30 is mounted on rollers or balls in such a. way that it may be bodily moved in the direction of the vibrations executed by the vibratory system although it is practically motionless to the action of these vil'n'ations. The red I to be tested is attached at its one end to the vibratory system and at its other to the mass 30. The distance to which the inert mas-1s 30 is shifted from the vibratory system when longitudinal vibrations are to be set up in a rod is equal to the statical length of the sample rod to be tested. An essential teatnre of this arrangement is that the independent, ponderous mass is arranged in such a manner that the direction of its gravity extends at right angles to the direction of the vibrations of the vibratory system, so that its weight cannot affect this system.

The operation of the arrangements of Figs. 12 to 15 is such that during its expansion the rod 1 being tested need not operate against the entire t'orce of the elastic connecting member of the vibratory struc ture itself, but that it has only to overcome the force that supports the independent inert mass 30. Thus in the ease of the diagrammatically represented examples of devices (Figs. 12 to 14) the tested rod during its expansion has only to slightly expand the springs 31, 31. The springs are ma e of such size that they carry practically the entire weight of the mass 30 but only otter little resistance to the tested rod when it is The system expanded to a small extent.

comprising the springs ul, .li and the !ll:\:= 230 has a very low natural rate ol' vibration. while the vil'n'al'ory system proper has a com paratively high natural rate of vibration.

Hence there is no coupling between thes (em renders it possible to employ very greatamplitudes. and finally in the absence of 1'otary or other moving parts with the em'ep tion of the vibrating masses of the vibratory structure itsell'. The :uiparatus ean e made in all sizes For the smallest and lJ1l' i stresses and all quantities ol l umteri They are also much smaller For the same 't orces than corresponding uuu'hines oi l-rnown kinds and the possibilitv ol' using any high frequency enables the duration ol' the test to be shortenml to a eorrespoiuling considerable extent. The apparatus may. ot course, be just as advantageously used when the frequency required is low.

\Ve claim 1. The method of testing materials. which comprises exciting a vibratory structure to vibrations in its natural frequency: cans ing the vibrations of the said structure to he imparted to a test-piece of the material to be tested; and observing the number and amplitude of vibrations of the vibratory system represented by the said vibratory structure together with the test-piece.

2. The method of testing materials. whirh coniprises exciting a vibratory st ucture to vibrations in its natural frequency: causing the vibrations of the said structure to be imparted to a test-piece ot' the material to intested built up as a part of the said stru ture; and observing the number and ampli-- tude of vibrations of the vibratory system represented by the said vibratory structure together with the testpieee.

.l. The method of testing materials. \i'lllt'l) comprises exciting a vibratory structure forn'ied ot' se 'iarate masses and elastic members to vibrations in its natural Frequ ncy: causing the vibrations of the. said strut-ture to he imparted to a test-piece ol the material to be tested builtup as a. part of the said structure; and observing the. number and amplitude of vibrations of the vibratory system represented by the said vibratory structure together with the tcst-pitare.

4-. A device for testing materials, comprising a vibratory system having a definite natural frequency and composed of separate. masses connected by an elastic member; means for causing said system to vibrate in hid All

its natural frequency; and means for subjecting the material to be tested to the forces acting in the vibratory systenu A device for testing materials, comprising a vibratory system having a delinite natural frequency, and composed of separate masses connected by an elastic member in which substantially all the elasticity of said system resides; means for causing said system to vibrate in its natural frequency; and means for subjecting the material to be, tested to the forces acting in the vibratory system.

(3. A device for testing materials, comprising a vibratory system having a definite natural frequency and composed of separate masses connected by an elastic member; means for causing said system to vibrate in its natural frequency; and means for subjecting the material to be tested to the forces acting in-the vibratory system; the said elastie member extending lengthwise in the direction of the forces acting in the vibratory system.

7. A device for testing materials, comprising a vibratory system having a definite natural frequency and composed of separate masses connected by an elastic member; means for causing said system to vibrate in its natural frequency; and means for sub ject-ing the material to be tested to the forces acting in the vibratory system; the said elastic member ron'iprising concentrically arranged parts extending lengthwise in the direction of the forces acting in the vibratory system. 7

8. A device for testing materials,co1nprising a vibratory system having a definite natural frequency; means for causing said system to vibrate in its natural frequency; and means for subjecting the material to be tested to the forces acting in the vibratory system; the total elastic force of the vibratory system being arranged to be great as compared with the total elastic force of the material under test. 7

9. A device for testing materials, comprising a vibratory system having a definite natural frequency and composed of separate masses connected by an elastic member; means for causing said system to vibrate in its natural frequency; and means for subjecting the material to be tested to the forces acting in the vibratory system; the total elastic force of the elastic member being arranged to begreat as compared with the total elastic force of. the material under test,

10. A device for testing materials, comprising a vibratory system having a definite natural frequency; means for causing said system to vibrate in its natural frequency; a mass immovable to the vibrations of said system; and means for attaching a testpiece of the material to be tested between the vibratory system and said immovable mass so as to subject the test-piece to the forces acting in the vil'n'atory system.

It. A. device for testing materials, comprising a vibratory system having a. definite natural frequency and composed oil separate masses connected by an elastic member; means for causing said system to vibrate in its natural frequency; a mass immovable to the vibrations of said system;

and means for attaching a test-piece of the material to be tested between the immovable mass and one of the masses of the vibratory system so as to subject the test-piece to the forces acting in the vibratory system;

12. A device for testing materials, comprising a vibratory system having a definite natural frequency and composed of a comparatively large mass and a comparatively small mass connected by an elastic member; means for causing said system to vibrate in its natural frequency; a mass immovable to the vibrations of said system; and means for attaching a test-piece of the material to be tested between the immovable mass and the comparatively small mass of the vibratory system so as to subject the test-piece to the forces acting in the vibratory system.

13. A device for testing materials, comprisin a vibratory system having a definite natura frequency and composed of a comiaratively large mass and a comparatively small mass connected. by an elastic member; means for causing said system to vibrate in its natural frequency; a comparatively large mass immovable to the vibrations of said system; means for attaching a test-piece of the material to be tested between said comparatively small mass and said innnovable mass; and a support for said comparatively large mass and said immovable mass; said comparatively large mass being rigidly, and

said immovable mass being yieldingly, con-- nected to the support.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures.

WALTER HAHNEMANN. ALARD on BOIS-REYMOND. GUSTAV lVOLFF.

ERICH ROTHER.

WILHELM RUDOLPH. 

